The Laois and Offaly Roses are on stage this evening.
Hopeful Roses will be taking to the stage this evening in their bid to become the 2023 Rose of Tralee.
There will be two midlands representatives taking to the Dome stage with Laois' Sinead Dowd is the sixth contestant this evening followed by Offaly's Allie Leahy, who is on 12th.
Ottawa Rose Aoife McDonald has strong links to the midlands with her father being from Portarlington. She will take to the stage tomorrow evening along with Longford Grace Kemple.
They will be appearing before an audience of 2,000 people in the Munster Technological University.
The initial Rose competition was first held in Tralee in 1959 and is now estimated to be worth close on 20 million euro per year to the local economy.
The Mayor of Tralee, Johnny Wall, says the town gets global coverage it couldn't afford to buy:
Daithi O Sé says having Kathryn Thomas as his co-host will bring something extra to the Rose of Tralee.
He says he can't wait to share the stage with his good friend.
Monday and Tuesday's running order:
Monday 21st August - Rose Selection Part One
1. Arizona - Ashley Jackson
2. Boston & New England - Fiona Weir
3. Chicago - Kelley Leyden
4. Cork - Kate Shaughnessy
5. Dublin - Bethany Cushing
6. Laois - Sinéad Dowd
7. Limerick - Molli Ann O'Halloran
8. London - Amy Gillen
9. Mayo - Kate Heneghan
10. Meath - Lane Galvin
11. Melbourne - Katie Casey
12. Offaly - Allie Leahy
13. Philadelphia - Marissa Berry
14. Queensland - Imogen Weston - Kelly
15. San Francisco - Katie McFadden
16. Toronto - Erica Daly
17. Western Canada - London Prusko
18. Wexford - Brónagh Hogan
Tuesday 22nd August - Rose Selection Part Two
1. Antrim - Mollie O'Brien
2. Carlow - Caoimhe Deering
3. Clare - Aisling O'Connor
4. Down - Nadine Downey
5. Germany - Megan Wolf
6. Kerry - Kelsey Lang McCarthy
7. Longford - Grace Kemple
8. New York - Róisín Wiley
9. New Zealand - Kelsi Wallace
10. Ottawa - Aoife McDonald
11. South Australia - Charlotte Burton
12. Sydney - Aoife Butler
13. Texas - Eden Kasprak
14. Washington DC - Siobhán Speak
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